Quality of early stroke care and long-term mortality in patients with acute stroke: A nationwide follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

High quality of early stroke care is essential for optimizing the chance of a good patient outcome. The quality of care may be monitored by process performance measures (PPMs) and previous studies have found an association between fulfilment of PPMs and short-term mortality. However, the association with long-term mortality remains to be determined. We aimed to evaluate the association between fulfilment of PPMs and long-term mortality for patients with acute stroke in Denmark.

Patients and methods

We used data from Danish health care registers between 2008 and 2020 to identify all patients admitted with incident stroke (haemorrhagic (ICH) or ischaemic stroke). The quality of early stroke care was assessed using 10 PPMs. Mortality was compared using Cox proporti

SUBMITTER: Eddelien HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11569449 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature